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Gardner, Ian, 1944-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: a 1944-

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

4 Years At Coracle Press 1976-1980 / Coracle Press ; Cutts S ; Clark TA ; Duncalf S ; Coleman L ; Gardner I ; Roberts K ; Rogers M ; Skidmore S ; Torok K ; Tyson I ; Williams J ; Winkfield T., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-20698-21100
Scope and Contents

The catalog essay by David Brown, who also edited the catalog, provides a history of the Coracle Press. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

A Classic Landscape / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1981

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Identifier: CC-11999-12222
Scope and Contents

The image is taken from an ancient scene below the Richmond Bridge (London?). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

Allotments / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian ; Cutts S ; Mills S., 1970

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Identifier: CC-11714-11932
Scope and Contents

Gardner iIlustrates eight brief poems by Ian Hamilton Finlay (3), Stuart Mills (2), and Simon Cutts (3) with abstract colored designs on facing pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

An Illustrated Esoteric Dictionary / Finlay, Ian Hamilton; Gardner, Ian., 1982

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Identifier: CC-12318-12544
Scope and Contents

The prints are tipped onto the papercard folder on its inner covers. One of the prints that is colored depicts a landscape surrounding the Temple of Fame, Studley Royal. The other print lists ancient dictionary definitions of dove; Dove, n. a flute-haunting bird; East, n., one of the four corners of the sphere; Fame, n., an effervescence; Gnomon, n., a rod, astaff, the shepard of hours; Horizon, n., a liberation, a bound. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1982

Culzean / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner I., 1983

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Identifier: CC-11747-11965
Scope and Contents

Cover drawing was made by Ian Gardner who was also co-editor of this periodical. Martin Walker provides a brief account of The Battle of Little Sparta Feb. 4, 1983 relating to Finlay's tax status with the local government. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1983

Drawings as Prints / Gardner, Ian ; Willetts, David ; Cutts S ; Lucie-Smith E ; Williams J., 1974

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Identifier: CC-60693-10003558
Scope and Contents

The drawings depict still lifes and landscapes without text. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Elegy for Whimbrel and Petrel: petrol / Finlay, Ian Hamilton ; Gardner, Ian., 1971

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Identifier: CC-13340-13641
Scope and Contents

The image in shades of brown-grays, tipped to the inside of the card, depicts a sailing ship with hoists resembling bird beaks. The foreground shows the sea with smudges resembling an oil slick. In the background is a shore line. No birds appear in t perhaps because petrol leaks from an oil tanker have contaminated their feeding environment. Whimbrel and Petrel are sea shore birds which might be rendered extinct because of lack of attention to oil spills - hence the use of "Elegy" in the title. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Flags / Gardner, Ian., 1985

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Identifier: CC-29526-30893
Scope and Contents

The theme of flags is treated in poetic mannerisms. For example, one of the poems depicts a calligraphic phrase, "the winds pillow" on a sky blue background. It is captioned, "The Sky's Flag." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1985

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Subject
Picture poetry 25
Visual art 9
Documentation 3
Minimalist poetry 3
Political poetry 3